Photo: Kristi Ellis · CC BY-SA 3.0Yukon’s library lends 6.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Yukon Mabel C Fry Public Library serves Yukon’s 26,388 residents. Last year it lent 230K books, movies and e-books and logged 84K visits.
Yukon’s library, in brief
Most programs are for young children
78% of the 356 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 4.2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Top 10% in Oklahoma for kids’ borrowing
Yukon ranks #6 of 60 Oklahoma towns with a library of their own for children’s items borrowed per child. How it compares ↓
Open about 64 hours a week
Yukon Mabel C Fry Public Library is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 69 items go out. The building ↓
84% of Yukon carry a library card
22,162 cards for 26,388 people, or 84%. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
What’s behind Yukon’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Yukon is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns, #86 of 128 in Oklahoma. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Yukon’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($56K–$94K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
75 community nonprofits are registered in Yukon
2.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (25 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 7 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.5%
8.5% of Yukon’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 9.7% in the typical Oklahoma town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Yukon’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Yukon Mabel C Fry Public Library serves 26,388 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 69 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
230K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 45K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.6 times last year, on average.
66,954 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Yukon last year.
Find it
Yukon Mabel C. Fry Public Library, 1200 Lakeshore Drive, Yukon.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Yukon? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $4.78 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Yukon cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $727K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $727K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 22,162 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | Yukon Mabel C. Fry Public Library | 8.7 | 64 | C+ |
| Oklahoma City | Ronald J Norick Downtown Library fine-free | — | 70 | C− |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Yukon
Does Yukon have a public library?
Yes. Yukon Mabel C Fry Public Library, 1200 Lakeshore Drive, serves Yukon’s 26,388 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Yukon Mabel C Fry Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Yukon’s library?
It logged 3.2 visits and lent 8.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Yukon’s civic life grade?
C+ Yukon is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns on civic life, #86 of 128 in Oklahoma. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Yukon.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.